Arizona facts

Arizona, tho fifth largest in area of the forty-eight slates of the
Union, is situated in southwestern United States, and is bounded
on the north by Utah and a corner ol Colorado, on the east by
New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by Cali­Ior
n in nncl Nevada
The rngion including what is now Arizona was obtained from
Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 al the close of
the Mexican War. On February 20, 1863, the United Stoles Congress
passed an net organizing the Territory of Arizona. The territorial
government was formally organized on December 29, 1863 al
Navajo Springs. Early in 1864 the lerrilorial officials moved to
what is now Prescott, where tliey ostnblished the seal of govern­meut.
In 1868 the capital was removed lo Tucson bu! was moved
bock to Prescott in 1877. By a n act of the Fifteenth Ier r itorial
legislo.t1,1re in 1899 Phoenix was made the permanent capital .
Arizona was admitted lo Statehood on February 14th, 1912
State Flag. Blue and gold shall be the colors of the slate. The
blue shall be of the same shade as that of the flag of the United
States. The flag of the state shall be as follows: The lower half of
the flag a blue Iield , the upper half divided into thirteen equal
segments or rays, which shall start al the center. on the lower line
and continue to lhe edges of the flag, colored allernately light
yellow and red, cons isling of six yellow and seven red rays 1
in the center of the flag, superimposed, u copper colored five
pointed slur, so placed that the upper points shall be one foot from
the lop of the flag and the lower points, one fool lrom the bottom
of tho flag 1 the red and blue shalt be the same shade us fbe
colors in the Jlag of the United States , the flag lo have a four-foot
hoist and a six-fool fly, with a two-fool star; the same proportions
lo be observed for flags of other sizes. The flilg represents the
coppor star of Arizona rising from a blue field in the face of a
sailing sun. {Chapter 2, Article l, Revised Statutes of 1928, Par. 22).
Sec. 20. The seal of the Stale shall be of the following design:
In the background shall be a range of with the sun
rising behind the peaks thereol, and at the right of the range
of mountuins there shall be a storage reservoir and a below
which in the middle distance are irrigated fields orchards
reaching into the foreground, O.! the right of which are cattle
g:·azing. To the lei! in the middle distance on a mountain side is
a quartz mill in front of which and in the foreground is a miner
standinq wilh pick and shovel. Above this device shall be the
mollo· "Ditet Deus" In a circular band surrounding the whole
device shall be inscribed "Creal Seal of the State of Arizona"
with the year of admission of the State into the Union.-Article
XXII, Section !20, Constitution of Arizona
"Ditnt Deus," the stale molto, means "God Enriches"
The Saguaro blossom is the Stale Flower and the Cactus Wren
the Stale Bird.
The origin of the word Arizona has been disputed, some
claiming tbat ii meant ''Arid aerie or desert," or "an Aztec word,
Arizuma, signifying 'silver bearing · " Most modern historians
have accepted the theory that the word "Arizona" is derived from
"Alehzon,'' a Pupago word meaning "small springs," and is known
to have been used U5 early as 1736 by the Spaniards, applied to
the southern portion of Jhe stale, and lo northern Sonora. They
heard the word from the Indians who used it for some time prior
lo Spanish entry
In land and water surface, Arizona has a total area of 113,956
square miles or 72,931,840 acres. In total area, Arizona is surpassed
only by Texas, California, Montana and New Mexico.
Arizona is larger in area than the combined areas of Rhode
Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Maine, Delnwure, Connecticut, and West Virginia
Arizona is larger 1ha11 the combined areas of Illinois and Wisconsin,
and much larger than the combined areas of Pennsylvania and
New York
The northeastern point of Arizona is the only place in the
United Stales where lour stales rueet. Arizona, Utah, New Mexico,
and Colorado
Yuma is the lowest point in Arizona, 137 feel above sea level
and San Francisco Peaks, !he highest, rise 12,6ll feet.
The old "Governor's Mansion," a log building still standing
at Prescott. wus the first public building in Arizona. It is 40 x 50
feet and buih al a cos! of apprcxirwatelv $6,000. The nails are said
Jo have cos! $I .75 a pound
The slate of Arizonn is 42'/r desert, 25'/f grassland, and 33'/c
fores!.
Arizona has more lhan one hundred native trees
Arizona has a variety of dry climate al all elevations. Thus
the sufferer from hay lever or pollinic asthma can secure relief in
some section of 1he stale at any lime of the year
The Grand Canyon of Arizona is considered the grealesl and
mos! impressive scenic wonder in the world. It is localed in
northern Arizona, and can be reached by modern highway, air or
train lra1'sporlalion. Millions of people have come lrom all nations
on Earth lo view this spectacle of scenic cnchanlmenl
The region including the five northern counties of Arizona is
called "The Enchanted Circle," because of its wealth of scenic
beauty
Southern Arizona is each year becoming more populaT as a
winier vacationland, its climate being umurpassed for comfort and
wannlh.
Ari'zona posseHes every convenience for !he traveler. Holel,
resorts and ranches are world famed and !hese accommodations
are available to the visitor in all parts of the state during winier
and summer
Arizona has within its boundaries more national monuments
than any slate in the Union. These national monuments are: Pipe
Springs, Navajo, Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Wupatki,
Sunset Crater, Tuzigoot Ruins, Walnut Canyon, Pelrilied Forest,
Montezuma Casile, Tonio Cliff Dwellings, Casa Grande Ruins,
Organ Pipe, Tumecacori Mission, Saguaro Cactus and Chiricehua,
the "Wonderland of Rocks"
The national Ioresfs in Arizona cover over eleven and
one-half acres, with saw timber estimated at twenty billion
board Ieet-e-en cugh lo sustain a cul of two million feel
annually for one hundred years, should there be no foresta-tion
Arizona is firs! in copper production in the United States and
al peak production years supplied one-fourth of the enlire world
copper output
The oldest metal mines in the United States are in the Santa
Rita lo the west of Nogales, it has been said by an
authority, lies greatest mineralized area in the world. Within
a lhirty-mile radius of Nogales there are approximately 300 mines
The four highest reclamalion dams of their type in the world
are located in Arizona-Boulder Dam, highest wedge type; Roose­velt
Darn, highest masonry type 1 Coolidge Dam, highest multiple
dome tvpe , Bartlett Dam, highest multiple arch type
In Arizona, ii is less than a hundred miles from cactus to pine,
the difference in altitude between the two areas being almost a
mile
Sacramento Pit, surface mine al Bisbee, largest
man made crater, being 435 feet below the it once
was 305 fee! above the level and covers an area of 35 acres
Rainbow Natural Bridge, a National Monument in Utah can be
reached only from the Arizona side and the !rip lo the Bridge is
made by pack train
There are over five hundred miles of shore line around Lake
Mead, recently formed by Boulder Dam. It is the largest artificial
Jake in the world
Oruibi. one of the Hopi villages in the Navajo counlry is said
lo be the oldest continually inhabited community in the United
Stales. (1370).
Coconino County, second largest county in the United Stales,
is larger than Ma ssachuseus. Connecticut, Rhode Island and Dela­ware
combined
The only skirmish of the Civil War lo lake place in Arizona
occurred al Picechc Pass near the lown of Red Rock between
Union and Confederate forces, resulting in the deaths of three
Union soldiers.
What is said lo be the largest herd of buffalo roaming unfenced
in the United States is in House Rocle Valley, north of the Grand
Canyon.
The only place in the United Stales where a plane can land in
one country, taxi acro ss lo another country and lake off, is al
Douglas International Airport
The Hopi Indians in their annual Snake Dance use poisonous
rattle snakes, the bites of which seem lo have no ill effects on the
Indians, while Jhe Smoki People, a group of white business and
professional people, use only bull snakes in their annual infer pre­tation
of the Snake Dance because bull snakes are non-poisonous
The largest virgin pine forest in the world is found in Arizona
Phoenix South Mountain Perk, consisting of nearly 15,000 acres,
is the largest municipal park in the United Stales
The Southern Pacific was the firs! major railroad company to
operate in Arizona. In March, 1880, the S. P.'s iron horse wheeled
the first passenger coach into Tucson, By the latter part of 1881
the Santa Fe's northern route had reached Williams
Eighty per cent of the Arizona stale highway syslein is paved
with asphaltic oil mix. The rernaminq 20 per cent is gravel and
concrete paved road.
Blooming peach trees is an annual spring spectacle in Canyon
de Chelly, in remote Navajo land. The hrs! trees were brought
from Spain by Franciscans for the Hopis. During a severe drought
in Hopiland the Hopis planted peach :seedlings in the fertile floor
ol Canyon de Chelly. A failure of crops has never been known
Collossal Cave, between Benson and Tucson, has been explored
for 39 miles. It is without moislure and the temperature never
varies from 72 degrees the year around.
What is now the Petrified Forest of Arizona was in Tria~uic
time, about 160 million yeaH ago, a region of low lying marshy,
swampy valley. Six separ.ale tcrests are in the boundaries of the
Petrified Forest National Monument.
flagstaff, the cily in the pines of Coconino county, is one of
the coolest summer cities in the United Stales, having an averace
temperature of 65 degrees.
Boulder Dam was built at a cos! of $108,800,000. The govern­ment
will be repaid with interest in fifty years from the sale of
power. When repayment has been completed, the dam, power
plant and other machinery will remain the properly of the govern­ment
Navajo Indian hogans are
ward the east. Travelers Josi in
their directions from one of the hogans.
There are more than 100 species of cactus plants in Arizona,
more than in any other stale in the Union
Snow in parts of central Arizona has been recorded as late in
the year as June
Hopi means "peaceful
the Hopi squaw wants a
saddle outside the Iron! door
They are monogamous. When
she merely puts her husband's
The world's larges! Saguaro cactus, forty-lhree feel high and
having arms, is to be found northeast of Camelback moun-tain
near
tribes in Arizona. The reservations
acres with an Indian population
in the United Stales. Tribes are,
Hopi, Hualapai, Maricopa,
Yaqui, and Yavapai
and Apache Indians never look al or speak Jo
Tucson is the only existing Ari eona town that dales back of
the Civil War, has known government under three nations and is
considered by some authorities lo be the aides! senlement in the
United Stales, even elder than Santa Fe and St Augustine
In the Petrified Forest National
acres, there isn't a tree or slump
lying on or out ol the ground,
petrified log four spanning a an-feet arroyo
deep, is the largest and noted petrified log in the world
There are twenty operating railroads in Arizona having a total
of 2,722 miles of standard gauge railroad. The companies have an
evaluation of $77,842, 197
Arizona is served by two major airlines, T.W.A. and American
Airlines, Inc., with slops at Douglas, Tucson, and Win-slow.
Airport facilities are available at almost every in the
Stale
Every par! of the slate of Arizona
air, free from dust. smoke and other
the advantage of fresh
Students come from all parts of the United Stales to attend our
Stale and two Stale Teachers' Colleges, all three
of Arizona, Arizona Slate
College in Tempe
an invest­our
year's
During the last two-year period there were 361 Elementary
school districts in the state. These schools were in session an
average of 165 devs, with a maximum of 18'2 days
Enrollment in the Elementary schools wus 89,708 of
which number 955 were in the kindergarlen and '2,098 in
primary.
The number of accredited public
41 are accredited by the North Central
schools is 60, of which
In the 'fifties. 'sixties and 'seventies, steamers were used on
the Colorado River, navigation being possible as far up the river
as what is now Mohave City
Our 300 or so dairy and dairy manufacturing plants throughout
the state are subject to regular and careful inspection.
The average annual expenditure for State highways for over a
period of five years has been $7,100,000
In 1929 Arizona had 281 miles of hard surfaced highways,
2,300 miles in 1939
Four of the most popular all year Ir ansconti nenta l highway
routes cross Arizona, U. S. 60, 66, 70, and 80
About so% of U. S: east-west transcontinental highway
traffic passes through
Arizona has no bonded indebtedness on ifs State highway
system
Tonto Natura! Bridge, near Pine and Payson, is the larges!
travertine bridge in the world, a remarkable ex.ample of limestone
creation; and is the only case in North America in which a valley
has been spanned by a travertine deposit.
Unlike dolls of other nations, the Hopi Katchinas or dolls, have
a serious tribal significance and play an important part in Hopi
ritual. Each doll is made to represent certain features such as
"Cow Katchina," "Corn Katchina," .. Humming-bird Katchina,"
etc. They are carved from cottonwood by hand and are nol toys
In the Valley of the Sun a large parl of the nation's winter
head lettuce is grown 1 canlaloupes that go lo every stare
in the union 1 the famous long-slaple cotton • Iha! retains
its natural green color and its rich vitamius , grapefruit which
ranks the best in the world; oranges o! a delicacy of flavor and
marvelous color unsurpassed; dales that outrank even the best of
Iraq in Arabia
The largest experimental station in the United States devoted
exclusively lo research work with chickens is rnaintein d by Ihe
United States Deparlmenl of Agriculture al Glendale, near Phoenix
Grand Canyon is "the only National Park in the United Stales
reached by a railroad. In early days the tourisls came from
Flagstaff sixly miles soulh-the nearest in four-horse
stages
Navajo Bridge across Marble Canyon in Northern Arizona, 467
feet above the surface of the Little Colorado River, constructed by
the Arizona Highway Department, is one of the highest highway
bridges in the world
Kiuisba, near While River, with approximately 700 rooms,
and Keel Seel, in Navajo Nalional Monument with 200
the largest apartment houses ever built in Arizona in
ancient or modern limes. These great prehistoric tui.ns ·
many hundreds of people centuries before Arizona came into being
Over 10,000 varieties of plants, fen!uring cacti, from every
continent are assembled al the Southwestern Arboretum, between
Florence Junction and Superior on U. S. Highway 60-70
The Keibab squirrel, dark animal with a plumy-white tail,
found nowhere in the world except the North Rim of Grand
yon-and the Alber! squirrel with red brown body and
fluffy gray tail, found on the South Rim are said lo be the
two varieties of squirrel in the United Stales having tufted ears
Whal is said lo be !he larges! sawmill in the Southwest is
localed at McNary 1 producing over seventy-five million square
feel of lumber annually.
There are at leas! seven mountain peaks in Arizona over 10,000
feel high and nearly twenty over 8,000 feel in altitude. There are
about 500 mountains and peaks within the stale, worlhy of note
Phoenix holds the world leadership in air ccndiuoininq
is now being adopted generully lhroughoul the United Slates
greater summer comfort in factories, stores, offices and
alike.
More than 60 varielies of semi-precious and precious stones
are fountl in Arizona, and the University of Arizona College of
Mines Museum collec!io~s of rare gems and minerals is one of
the best displays lo be found anywhere
Phoenix has a similar mean temperature lo
and lo Rio de Janeiro; Tucson is comparable with
bama 1 while Kaibab Fores! rivals rhe climate of
So much waler is available that ii is unnecessary to measure
it out lo farmers of Yuma Valley
A liberal
lion, both
of the total Arizona land now under irriga­water
and by pumps, is 660,000 acres
Arizona has over 4,000 acres in commercial pecan orchards
no! lo mention many "ditch bank planrinqs" and it is recognized
as one of the state's most profitable crops.
Pen feeding of cattle is an important induclry in Arizona with
Phoenix boasling the largest feed yards in the United Stales
Today about 900,000 head of catlle roam the Arizona ranges
ht 1938, 367,391 head of cattle were exported and 120,933 were
slaughtered within our own packing houses.
Arizona ranks firs! in the production of sugar beet seed in the
United Stales
Arizona has 1,842,206 citrus trees-grapefruit, oranges, tan­gerines,
limes and lemons
Arizona is the only area in the world Iha! is free from citrus
pests. such as scale
Arizona grapefruit is said to be second to none in quality
and flavor
Mooney Falls, in Havasu Canyon, is higher than Niagara Falls
and is one of a series of five in this canyon
The Havasupai is rbe only Indian reservation localed in a
National Park in the United States, Grand Canyon
In addition lo Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona has six­teen
unique areas of qr eat scenic, scientific or historic int.eres!
and importance designated by the Federal Govern~enl a~ Netionat
Monuments, with one additional er ea under cons1deral1on-a far
greater number than any other slate
The Dry Lake, six miles wesl of Willcox, provides one of the
world's few permanent mirages. On a clear day a g~eat body of
"dry waler" may be seen from the highway, extendmg far back
into, and sometimes on top of, distant hills
The Navajo Indian Reservation of 50,000 acr.es is the largest
Indian reserve in the United Stales, acccrnmod atin q 25,000 Nava­jos,
while the Yavapai Indian Reservation near. Pres~oll, consisting
of 75 acres with about 50 members in the tribe, is perhaps the
smallest in the United Stales
Compania de Maria, in Douglas, is the only Novitiate in the
United Slates. A !raining school for nuns, novices come from Old
Mexico and Cuba as well as all parls of the United Slates.
"The Masque of .the Y~llow .Moon," pageant, pr~sented an­nually
by the Phoenix Umon High School and Junior College
studenl body, portraying early history and legend, is the greatest
of its kind in the country, over 3,000 students participating in a
Ilccd-Iiqhted spectacle of beauty and color. It is given in May
The Hassayampa river located near Wickenbi:rg and Prescott,
is famed for its legendary lore. It is said "if you drink of its
waters, facing downstream, you'll never !ell the truth again."
Superior, with a population of some 4,000, is said lo be the
largest unincorporated town in the United States.
When a Navajo Indian is very ill and ii is feared that he may
he is dressed in his best clothes and jewelry and taken to a
outside or lo an unused hogan. If he should die within his
hogan, the body is removed and the hogan burned as well as all
effects that have been in contact with the deceased
largest group of dinosaur tracks ever discovered is located
in Canyon, 70 miles north of Flagstaff-a miles east of
Cameron, and represents the most distant past of which evidences
are found in Arizona
Air transports, flying the skyways of northern Arizona, follow
a trail of beacons. One of these, on Bill Williams mountain, is al
an elevation of 9,282 feet, and is one of the highest air beacons
in the United States
The history of the Arizona highway department began April 1,
1909. Funds for state road work were not available until the latter
part of 1910; and then only in very small amounts
There are more full-blooded Indians living in the slate of
, Arizona than in any other state
For a quarter of a century Arizona has produced for the
average of this period, the largest crop of extra long staple collon
(principally Pima) grown in the United States
The canal and lateral system of the River irrigation project
in the of the Sun {Phoenix and extends for a total
of and more than 30 miles of canals are concrete
Roosevelt Dam with three supplementary dams below ii­Horse
Mesa, Mormon Flat, and Stewart Mountain dams, form a
66 mile "chain of beautiful mountain lakes-Roosevelt,
and Saguaro lakes. They nestle amid some of
and colorful scenery to be viewed in America
With an enrollment of 750 students representing 33 different
tribes the United Stales Government Indian School in Phoenix is
one of the largest of its kind in the United States.
The Hopi is the only Indian tribe in North America in which
wes vin q is done by the men
The world's only laboratory of tree a method
of determining climatic cycles, dating of rums, etc.,
by the annual rings of trees as a measure of the passage of years,
is set up at the University of Arizona, and is directed by the
founder ol the method, Dr. A. E. Douglass
The Pima long staple cotton. grown in Southern Arizona is said
lo be the finest in the world
Arizona has a thousand miles of trout streams and trout may
be found in all but three of Arizona's counties
The largest single herd of mule deer in the United Stales, over
15,000 head, roam on the Kaibab Plateau north of the Grand Can­yon
The world's largest rose bush is located in Tombstone. A
white Banksia about fifty years old, it has grown from one trunk
over, forty inches in diameter to a height of eight feet nn d en
estimated 150,000 blooms cover ii in May.
Statistics show Iha! the total cash income from field crops
for 1938 was $31,812,000; livestock and livestock products, $19,·
162,0001 plus $2,554,000 government payment, or a total cash in­come
of $53,528,000 !or farmers and livestock producers
Last year 18,115 car-lots of fruit and vegetables were shipped
out of the state by rail not including shipment by truck
With thousands of acres of agricullural land still undeveloped,
last year Arizona shipped (by rail not to mention shipment by
truck) 3,445, 120 crates of lettuce, 733,250 crates of carrots and
l,057,288 crates of cantaloupes and honey dew melons
The various natural ho! springs of this state offer the benefits
of mineral baths at accommodations for every taste, from the
simple collage to the luxury oi the modern resort hotel.
The Arizona Wool Growers' Association is the oldest live­stock
association, from the standpoint of continued service, in the
United Stales-being 54 years old.
Arizona has 1,700,000 sheep and 800,000 lambs, producing five
and a half million pounds of wool, the wool being /oi very high
quality
The first lambs on the market Icr early eastern consumplion
are from Arizona-300,000
For suggested reading material write lo Arizona State Teachers
College, Flagstaff, Arizona, for Cornelia Dccksreders "Bibliography
of Books on the Southwest." Price 25 cents.
For Arizona travel information, write lo the Travel Bureau,
Arizon{l. Highway Department, Phoenix, Arizona 1 or lo the Cham·
bers of Commerce in any of the larger" cities
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Arizona, tho fifth largest in area of the forty-eight slates of the
Union, is situated in southwestern United States, and is bounded
on the north by Utah and a corner ol Colorado, on the east by
New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by Cali­Ior
n in nncl Nevada
The rngion including what is now Arizona was obtained from
Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 al the close of
the Mexican War. On February 20, 1863, the United Stoles Congress
passed an net organizing the Territory of Arizona. The territorial
government was formally organized on December 29, 1863 al
Navajo Springs. Early in 1864 the lerrilorial officials moved to
what is now Prescott, where tliey ostnblished the seal of govern­meut.
In 1868 the capital was removed lo Tucson bu! was moved
bock to Prescott in 1877. By a n act of the Fifteenth Ier r itorial
legislo.t1,1re in 1899 Phoenix was made the permanent capital .
Arizona was admitted lo Statehood on February 14th, 1912
State Flag. Blue and gold shall be the colors of the slate. The
blue shall be of the same shade as that of the flag of the United
States. The flag of the state shall be as follows: The lower half of
the flag a blue Iield , the upper half divided into thirteen equal
segments or rays, which shall start al the center. on the lower line
and continue to lhe edges of the flag, colored allernately light
yellow and red, cons isling of six yellow and seven red rays 1
in the center of the flag, superimposed, u copper colored five
pointed slur, so placed that the upper points shall be one foot from
the lop of the flag and the lower points, one fool lrom the bottom
of tho flag 1 the red and blue shalt be the same shade us fbe
colors in the Jlag of the United States , the flag lo have a four-foot
hoist and a six-fool fly, with a two-fool star; the same proportions
lo be observed for flags of other sizes. The flilg represents the
coppor star of Arizona rising from a blue field in the face of a
sailing sun. {Chapter 2, Article l, Revised Statutes of 1928, Par. 22).
Sec. 20. The seal of the Stale shall be of the following design:
In the background shall be a range of with the sun
rising behind the peaks thereol, and at the right of the range
of mountuins there shall be a storage reservoir and a below
which in the middle distance are irrigated fields orchards
reaching into the foreground, O.! the right of which are cattle
g:·azing. To the lei! in the middle distance on a mountain side is
a quartz mill in front of which and in the foreground is a miner
standinq wilh pick and shovel. Above this device shall be the
mollo· "Ditet Deus" In a circular band surrounding the whole
device shall be inscribed "Creal Seal of the State of Arizona"
with the year of admission of the State into the Union.-Article
XXII, Section !20, Constitution of Arizona
"Ditnt Deus," the stale molto, means "God Enriches"
The Saguaro blossom is the Stale Flower and the Cactus Wren
the Stale Bird.
The origin of the word Arizona has been disputed, some
claiming tbat ii meant ''Arid aerie or desert," or "an Aztec word,
Arizuma, signifying 'silver bearing · " Most modern historians
have accepted the theory that the word "Arizona" is derived from
"Alehzon,'' a Pupago word meaning "small springs," and is known
to have been used U5 early as 1736 by the Spaniards, applied to
the southern portion of Jhe stale, and lo northern Sonora. They
heard the word from the Indians who used it for some time prior
lo Spanish entry
In land and water surface, Arizona has a total area of 113,956
square miles or 72,931,840 acres. In total area, Arizona is surpassed
only by Texas, California, Montana and New Mexico.
Arizona is larger in area than the combined areas of Rhode
Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Maine, Delnwure, Connecticut, and West Virginia
Arizona is larger 1ha11 the combined areas of Illinois and Wisconsin,
and much larger than the combined areas of Pennsylvania and
New York
The northeastern point of Arizona is the only place in the
United Stales where lour stales rueet. Arizona, Utah, New Mexico,
and Colorado
Yuma is the lowest point in Arizona, 137 feel above sea level
and San Francisco Peaks, !he highest, rise 12,6ll feet.
The old "Governor's Mansion," a log building still standing
at Prescott. wus the first public building in Arizona. It is 40 x 50
feet and buih al a cos! of apprcxirwatelv $6,000. The nails are said
Jo have cos! $I .75 a pound
The slate of Arizonn is 42'/r desert, 25'/f grassland, and 33'/c
fores!.
Arizona has more lhan one hundred native trees
Arizona has a variety of dry climate al all elevations. Thus
the sufferer from hay lever or pollinic asthma can secure relief in
some section of 1he stale at any lime of the year
The Grand Canyon of Arizona is considered the grealesl and
mos! impressive scenic wonder in the world. It is localed in
northern Arizona, and can be reached by modern highway, air or
train lra1'sporlalion. Millions of people have come lrom all nations
on Earth lo view this spectacle of scenic cnchanlmenl
The region including the five northern counties of Arizona is
called "The Enchanted Circle," because of its wealth of scenic
beauty
Southern Arizona is each year becoming more populaT as a
winier vacationland, its climate being umurpassed for comfort and
wannlh.
Ari'zona posseHes every convenience for !he traveler. Holel,
resorts and ranches are world famed and !hese accommodations
are available to the visitor in all parts of the state during winier
and summer
Arizona has within its boundaries more national monuments
than any slate in the Union. These national monuments are: Pipe
Springs, Navajo, Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Wupatki,
Sunset Crater, Tuzigoot Ruins, Walnut Canyon, Pelrilied Forest,
Montezuma Casile, Tonio Cliff Dwellings, Casa Grande Ruins,
Organ Pipe, Tumecacori Mission, Saguaro Cactus and Chiricehua,
the "Wonderland of Rocks"
The national Ioresfs in Arizona cover over eleven and
one-half acres, with saw timber estimated at twenty billion
board Ieet-e-en cugh lo sustain a cul of two million feel
annually for one hundred years, should there be no foresta-tion
Arizona is firs! in copper production in the United States and
al peak production years supplied one-fourth of the enlire world
copper output
The oldest metal mines in the United States are in the Santa
Rita lo the west of Nogales, it has been said by an
authority, lies greatest mineralized area in the world. Within
a lhirty-mile radius of Nogales there are approximately 300 mines
The four highest reclamalion dams of their type in the world
are located in Arizona-Boulder Dam, highest wedge type; Roose­velt
Darn, highest masonry type 1 Coolidge Dam, highest multiple
dome tvpe , Bartlett Dam, highest multiple arch type
In Arizona, ii is less than a hundred miles from cactus to pine,
the difference in altitude between the two areas being almost a
mile
Sacramento Pit, surface mine al Bisbee, largest
man made crater, being 435 feet below the it once
was 305 fee! above the level and covers an area of 35 acres
Rainbow Natural Bridge, a National Monument in Utah can be
reached only from the Arizona side and the !rip lo the Bridge is
made by pack train
There are over five hundred miles of shore line around Lake
Mead, recently formed by Boulder Dam. It is the largest artificial
Jake in the world
Oruibi. one of the Hopi villages in the Navajo counlry is said
lo be the oldest continually inhabited community in the United
Stales. (1370).
Coconino County, second largest county in the United Stales,
is larger than Ma ssachuseus. Connecticut, Rhode Island and Dela­ware
combined
The only skirmish of the Civil War lo lake place in Arizona
occurred al Picechc Pass near the lown of Red Rock between
Union and Confederate forces, resulting in the deaths of three
Union soldiers.
What is said lo be the largest herd of buffalo roaming unfenced
in the United States is in House Rocle Valley, north of the Grand
Canyon.
The only place in the United Stales where a plane can land in
one country, taxi acro ss lo another country and lake off, is al
Douglas International Airport
The Hopi Indians in their annual Snake Dance use poisonous
rattle snakes, the bites of which seem lo have no ill effects on the
Indians, while Jhe Smoki People, a group of white business and
professional people, use only bull snakes in their annual infer pre­tation
of the Snake Dance because bull snakes are non-poisonous
The largest virgin pine forest in the world is found in Arizona
Phoenix South Mountain Perk, consisting of nearly 15,000 acres,
is the largest municipal park in the United Stales
The Southern Pacific was the firs! major railroad company to
operate in Arizona. In March, 1880, the S. P.'s iron horse wheeled
the first passenger coach into Tucson, By the latter part of 1881
the Santa Fe's northern route had reached Williams
Eighty per cent of the Arizona stale highway syslein is paved
with asphaltic oil mix. The rernaminq 20 per cent is gravel and
concrete paved road.
Blooming peach trees is an annual spring spectacle in Canyon
de Chelly, in remote Navajo land. The hrs! trees were brought
from Spain by Franciscans for the Hopis. During a severe drought
in Hopiland the Hopis planted peach :seedlings in the fertile floor
ol Canyon de Chelly. A failure of crops has never been known
Collossal Cave, between Benson and Tucson, has been explored
for 39 miles. It is without moislure and the temperature never
varies from 72 degrees the year around.
What is now the Petrified Forest of Arizona was in Tria~uic
time, about 160 million yeaH ago, a region of low lying marshy,
swampy valley. Six separ.ale tcrests are in the boundaries of the
Petrified Forest National Monument.
flagstaff, the cily in the pines of Coconino county, is one of
the coolest summer cities in the United Stales, having an averace
temperature of 65 degrees.
Boulder Dam was built at a cos! of $108,800,000. The govern­ment
will be repaid with interest in fifty years from the sale of
power. When repayment has been completed, the dam, power
plant and other machinery will remain the properly of the govern­ment
Navajo Indian hogans are
ward the east. Travelers Josi in
their directions from one of the hogans.
There are more than 100 species of cactus plants in Arizona,
more than in any other stale in the Union
Snow in parts of central Arizona has been recorded as late in
the year as June
Hopi means "peaceful
the Hopi squaw wants a
saddle outside the Iron! door
They are monogamous. When
she merely puts her husband's
The world's larges! Saguaro cactus, forty-lhree feel high and
having arms, is to be found northeast of Camelback moun-tain
near
tribes in Arizona. The reservations
acres with an Indian population
in the United Stales. Tribes are,
Hopi, Hualapai, Maricopa,
Yaqui, and Yavapai
and Apache Indians never look al or speak Jo
Tucson is the only existing Ari eona town that dales back of
the Civil War, has known government under three nations and is
considered by some authorities lo be the aides! senlement in the
United Stales, even elder than Santa Fe and St Augustine
In the Petrified Forest National
acres, there isn't a tree or slump
lying on or out ol the ground,
petrified log four spanning a an-feet arroyo
deep, is the largest and noted petrified log in the world
There are twenty operating railroads in Arizona having a total
of 2,722 miles of standard gauge railroad. The companies have an
evaluation of $77,842, 197
Arizona is served by two major airlines, T.W.A. and American
Airlines, Inc., with slops at Douglas, Tucson, and Win-slow.
Airport facilities are available at almost every in the
Stale
Every par! of the slate of Arizona
air, free from dust. smoke and other
the advantage of fresh
Students come from all parts of the United Stales to attend our
Stale and two Stale Teachers' Colleges, all three
of Arizona, Arizona Slate
College in Tempe
an invest­our
year's
During the last two-year period there were 361 Elementary
school districts in the state. These schools were in session an
average of 165 devs, with a maximum of 18'2 days
Enrollment in the Elementary schools wus 89,708 of
which number 955 were in the kindergarlen and '2,098 in
primary.
The number of accredited public
41 are accredited by the North Central
schools is 60, of which
In the 'fifties. 'sixties and 'seventies, steamers were used on
the Colorado River, navigation being possible as far up the river
as what is now Mohave City
Our 300 or so dairy and dairy manufacturing plants throughout
the state are subject to regular and careful inspection.
The average annual expenditure for State highways for over a
period of five years has been $7,100,000
In 1929 Arizona had 281 miles of hard surfaced highways,
2,300 miles in 1939
Four of the most popular all year Ir ansconti nenta l highway
routes cross Arizona, U. S. 60, 66, 70, and 80
About so% of U. S: east-west transcontinental highway
traffic passes through
Arizona has no bonded indebtedness on ifs State highway
system
Tonto Natura! Bridge, near Pine and Payson, is the larges!
travertine bridge in the world, a remarkable ex.ample of limestone
creation; and is the only case in North America in which a valley
has been spanned by a travertine deposit.
Unlike dolls of other nations, the Hopi Katchinas or dolls, have
a serious tribal significance and play an important part in Hopi
ritual. Each doll is made to represent certain features such as
"Cow Katchina," "Corn Katchina," .. Humming-bird Katchina,"
etc. They are carved from cottonwood by hand and are nol toys
In the Valley of the Sun a large parl of the nation's winter
head lettuce is grown 1 canlaloupes that go lo every stare
in the union 1 the famous long-slaple cotton • Iha! retains
its natural green color and its rich vitamius , grapefruit which
ranks the best in the world; oranges o! a delicacy of flavor and
marvelous color unsurpassed; dales that outrank even the best of
Iraq in Arabia
The largest experimental station in the United States devoted
exclusively lo research work with chickens is rnaintein d by Ihe
United States Deparlmenl of Agriculture al Glendale, near Phoenix
Grand Canyon is "the only National Park in the United Stales
reached by a railroad. In early days the tourisls came from
Flagstaff sixly miles soulh-the nearest in four-horse
stages
Navajo Bridge across Marble Canyon in Northern Arizona, 467
feet above the surface of the Little Colorado River, constructed by
the Arizona Highway Department, is one of the highest highway
bridges in the world
Kiuisba, near While River, with approximately 700 rooms,
and Keel Seel, in Navajo Nalional Monument with 200
the largest apartment houses ever built in Arizona in
ancient or modern limes. These great prehistoric tui.ns ·
many hundreds of people centuries before Arizona came into being
Over 10,000 varieties of plants, fen!uring cacti, from every
continent are assembled al the Southwestern Arboretum, between
Florence Junction and Superior on U. S. Highway 60-70
The Keibab squirrel, dark animal with a plumy-white tail,
found nowhere in the world except the North Rim of Grand
yon-and the Alber! squirrel with red brown body and
fluffy gray tail, found on the South Rim are said lo be the
two varieties of squirrel in the United Stales having tufted ears
Whal is said lo be !he larges! sawmill in the Southwest is
localed at McNary 1 producing over seventy-five million square
feel of lumber annually.
There are at leas! seven mountain peaks in Arizona over 10,000
feel high and nearly twenty over 8,000 feel in altitude. There are
about 500 mountains and peaks within the stale, worlhy of note
Phoenix holds the world leadership in air ccndiuoininq
is now being adopted generully lhroughoul the United Slates
greater summer comfort in factories, stores, offices and
alike.
More than 60 varielies of semi-precious and precious stones
are fountl in Arizona, and the University of Arizona College of
Mines Museum collec!io~s of rare gems and minerals is one of
the best displays lo be found anywhere
Phoenix has a similar mean temperature lo
and lo Rio de Janeiro; Tucson is comparable with
bama 1 while Kaibab Fores! rivals rhe climate of
So much waler is available that ii is unnecessary to measure
it out lo farmers of Yuma Valley
A liberal
lion, both
of the total Arizona land now under irriga­water
and by pumps, is 660,000 acres
Arizona has over 4,000 acres in commercial pecan orchards
no! lo mention many "ditch bank planrinqs" and it is recognized
as one of the state's most profitable crops.
Pen feeding of cattle is an important induclry in Arizona with
Phoenix boasling the largest feed yards in the United Stales
Today about 900,000 head of catlle roam the Arizona ranges
ht 1938, 367,391 head of cattle were exported and 120,933 were
slaughtered within our own packing houses.
Arizona ranks firs! in the production of sugar beet seed in the
United Stales
Arizona has 1,842,206 citrus trees-grapefruit, oranges, tan­gerines,
limes and lemons
Arizona is the only area in the world Iha! is free from citrus
pests. such as scale
Arizona grapefruit is said to be second to none in quality
and flavor
Mooney Falls, in Havasu Canyon, is higher than Niagara Falls
and is one of a series of five in this canyon
The Havasupai is rbe only Indian reservation localed in a
National Park in the United States, Grand Canyon
In addition lo Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona has six­teen
unique areas of qr eat scenic, scientific or historic int.eres!
and importance designated by the Federal Govern~enl a~ Netionat
Monuments, with one additional er ea under cons1deral1on-a far
greater number than any other slate
The Dry Lake, six miles wesl of Willcox, provides one of the
world's few permanent mirages. On a clear day a g~eat body of
"dry waler" may be seen from the highway, extendmg far back
into, and sometimes on top of, distant hills
The Navajo Indian Reservation of 50,000 acr.es is the largest
Indian reserve in the United Stales, acccrnmod atin q 25,000 Nava­jos,
while the Yavapai Indian Reservation near. Pres~oll, consisting
of 75 acres with about 50 members in the tribe, is perhaps the
smallest in the United Stales
Compania de Maria, in Douglas, is the only Novitiate in the
United Slates. A !raining school for nuns, novices come from Old
Mexico and Cuba as well as all parls of the United Slates.
"The Masque of .the Y~llow .Moon," pageant, pr~sented an­nually
by the Phoenix Umon High School and Junior College
studenl body, portraying early history and legend, is the greatest
of its kind in the country, over 3,000 students participating in a
Ilccd-Iiqhted spectacle of beauty and color. It is given in May
The Hassayampa river located near Wickenbi:rg and Prescott,
is famed for its legendary lore. It is said "if you drink of its
waters, facing downstream, you'll never !ell the truth again."
Superior, with a population of some 4,000, is said lo be the
largest unincorporated town in the United States.
When a Navajo Indian is very ill and ii is feared that he may
he is dressed in his best clothes and jewelry and taken to a
outside or lo an unused hogan. If he should die within his
hogan, the body is removed and the hogan burned as well as all
effects that have been in contact with the deceased
largest group of dinosaur tracks ever discovered is located
in Canyon, 70 miles north of Flagstaff-a miles east of
Cameron, and represents the most distant past of which evidences
are found in Arizona
Air transports, flying the skyways of northern Arizona, follow
a trail of beacons. One of these, on Bill Williams mountain, is al
an elevation of 9,282 feet, and is one of the highest air beacons
in the United States
The history of the Arizona highway department began April 1,
1909. Funds for state road work were not available until the latter
part of 1910; and then only in very small amounts
There are more full-blooded Indians living in the slate of
, Arizona than in any other state
For a quarter of a century Arizona has produced for the
average of this period, the largest crop of extra long staple collon
(principally Pima) grown in the United States
The canal and lateral system of the River irrigation project
in the of the Sun {Phoenix and extends for a total
of and more than 30 miles of canals are concrete
Roosevelt Dam with three supplementary dams below ii­Horse
Mesa, Mormon Flat, and Stewart Mountain dams, form a
66 mile "chain of beautiful mountain lakes-Roosevelt,
and Saguaro lakes. They nestle amid some of
and colorful scenery to be viewed in America
With an enrollment of 750 students representing 33 different
tribes the United Stales Government Indian School in Phoenix is
one of the largest of its kind in the United States.
The Hopi is the only Indian tribe in North America in which
wes vin q is done by the men
The world's only laboratory of tree a method
of determining climatic cycles, dating of rums, etc.,
by the annual rings of trees as a measure of the passage of years,
is set up at the University of Arizona, and is directed by the
founder ol the method, Dr. A. E. Douglass
The Pima long staple cotton. grown in Southern Arizona is said
lo be the finest in the world
Arizona has a thousand miles of trout streams and trout may
be found in all but three of Arizona's counties
The largest single herd of mule deer in the United Stales, over
15,000 head, roam on the Kaibab Plateau north of the Grand Can­yon
The world's largest rose bush is located in Tombstone. A
white Banksia about fifty years old, it has grown from one trunk
over, forty inches in diameter to a height of eight feet nn d en
estimated 150,000 blooms cover ii in May.
Statistics show Iha! the total cash income from field crops
for 1938 was $31,812,000; livestock and livestock products, $19,·
162,0001 plus $2,554,000 government payment, or a total cash in­come
of $53,528,000 !or farmers and livestock producers
Last year 18,115 car-lots of fruit and vegetables were shipped
out of the state by rail not including shipment by truck
With thousands of acres of agricullural land still undeveloped,
last year Arizona shipped (by rail not to mention shipment by
truck) 3,445, 120 crates of lettuce, 733,250 crates of carrots and
l,057,288 crates of cantaloupes and honey dew melons
The various natural ho! springs of this state offer the benefits
of mineral baths at accommodations for every taste, from the
simple collage to the luxury oi the modern resort hotel.
The Arizona Wool Growers' Association is the oldest live­stock
association, from the standpoint of continued service, in the
United Stales-being 54 years old.
Arizona has 1,700,000 sheep and 800,000 lambs, producing five
and a half million pounds of wool, the wool being /oi very high
quality
The first lambs on the market Icr early eastern consumplion
are from Arizona-300,000
For suggested reading material write lo Arizona State Teachers
College, Flagstaff, Arizona, for Cornelia Dccksreders "Bibliography
of Books on the Southwest." Price 25 cents.
For Arizona travel information, write lo the Travel Bureau,
Arizon{l. Highway Department, Phoenix, Arizona 1 or lo the Cham·
bers of Commerce in any of the larger" cities
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